Kia America Experiences February Gross sales

Kia America closed February with gross sales of 59,059 items. Gross sales of Kia’s EV fashions continued to climb, up 65-percent year-over-year via February with the continued launch of the award profitable EV9 3-row EV SUV.

Kia’s rugged and succesful SUVs had been up 6-percent year-over-year and accounted for 76-percent of the February gross sales whole.

Three Kia fashions set all-time February gross sales data, together with: Carnival (+48-percent); Sportage (+18-percent); and Forte (+8-percent).

“Kia is continuous to steer the business. Our modern EVs and electrified fashions are gaining market share and demand for our SUVs continues to develop,” stated Eric Watson, vp, gross sales operations, Kia America. “With the latest introductions of our refreshed Carnival and K5 fashions on the Chicago Auto Present and our groundbreaking new flagship, the all-electric EV9 SUV, producing ongoing business buzz, our outpacing of the business will proceed as Kia presents the fashions and car segments that customers are fascinated with.”

Along with the month-to-month gross sales efficiency, Kia America introduced a number of initiatives, together with:

• The 2024 Kia EV9 was chosen as considered one of prime 3 finalists for the World Automotive Awards 2024 in two classes ‘World Automotive’ and ‘World Electrical Car.’
   
• The 2024 Kia EV9 receiving the MotorWeek Drivers’ Alternative “Greatest EV” award for 2024. Final yr, the 2023 Kia EV6 additionally obtained the “Greatest EV” honor, together with the “Better of the 12 months” title.
   
• The 2024 Kia EV9 was additionally named a winner within the 2024 Girls’s Worldwide Automotive of the 12 months (WWCOTY) awards, taking the win within the SUV class. The EV9’s class win has earned it a spot as a contender within the remaining spherical of judging for the WWCOTY’s Prime Award, which will likely be introduced on Worldwide Girls’s Day on March 8, 2024.
   
• The 2024 Kia Telluride was named Automobiles.com’s Greatest Household Automotive of 2024. The Telluride was additionally a finalist for the Greatest SUV of 2024 class alongside the 2024 Kia Sorento. The 2024 Kia Seltos was a finalist for Greatest Automotive of 2024, the outlet’s prime class.
   
• 4 Kia fashions named among the many U.S. Information & World Report annual “Greatest Automobiles for the Cash” awards for 2024. The distinguished information outlet acknowledged the Kia Telluride (finest 3-row SUV), Sportage Hybrid (finest hybrid SUV), Sportage Plug-in Hybrid (finest plug-in hybrid SUV) and Kia Soul (finest subcompact SUV) in its “Greatest Automobiles for the Cash” awards for 2024. The annual awards embody 11 automotive classes, highlighting automobiles and SUVs that signify the very best mixture of high quality and worth of their respective classes over time. High quality is decided by credible automotive evaluations primarily based on components equivalent to consolation, tech options, gasoline economic system, security and reliability. Worth is measured by calculating real-time transaction costs and five-year whole value of possession.